Democratic Lawmakers Warn GOP Against Including Government Funding Policy Riders

Democratic lawmakers have warned they'll reject any government funding proposal that includes partisan policy writers. Congress has until October 1st to reach an agreement or face a government shutdown just before the general election. NTD's Washington correspondent Luis Martinez has more on the story. The process to fund government through fiscal year 2025 will be a key battle that will shape the general elections in November. For example Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz from Florida has already warned her constituents that Republicans allegedly want to cut the benefits offered by the Affordable Care Act. We have the most Affordable Care Act sign-ups in the country every year because people want to make sure that when they're sick they can afford to go to the doctor. Donald Trump supports tearing that health care away. More government shutdowns, more chaos, less democracy. And independent Senator Bernie Sanders has also warned his constituents that Republicans allegedly want to see cuts in the budgets to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality giving more tax breaks to billionaires is radical. Putting forth budgets to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is radical. Letting polluters destroy our planet is radical and my friends we won't let that happen. According to reporting by Punchbowl News, House Republican leadership is planning to put forth a continuing resolution to fund government through March of 2025 and will attach the SAVE Act to the funding package. Republican Congressman Chip Roy from Texas who drafted the SAVE Act posted on social media that if Democrats voted no with the SAVE Act attached to the funding bill that funds government through March it would be pure politics. While the White House has charged against the SAVE Act by releasing a statement saying it would make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls. It is important to note that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson initially aimed to decrease the government budget for fiscal year 2025 but the continuing resolution that has been discussed thus far would keep government budget within the Fiscal Responsibility Act meaning that no government department or agency could increase its budget by more than one percent. Reporting from Washington D.C., Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News.